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Good point. I haven't been following the situation as closely as you have, but I'd venture to say that there have already or soon will be cases where it was tru
by jonah 14y ago
Good point. I haven't been following the situation as closely as you have, but I'd venture to say that there have already or soon will be cases where it was truly accidental. The discussion on this article[1] point to a number of cases fairly close to the line.
[1] http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/10/18/163034053/top-five-myths-of-genetically-modified-seeds-busted http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/10/18/163034053/top-fi...
- johnrgrace 14y agoIANAL, but making copies of the genes in question via growing seeds should be fine because the gene is protected by a patent not copyright. If you're growing seeds with the genes in them I don't see that that actually IS a violation of the patent because a necessary part beyond the expression of the CP4 EPSPS gene in the plant is the process of spraying them. For this specific case if you don't spray I don't think the patent is infringed upon.